video, both courts.

[andallbite]

[ It's been a couple of weeks since he's last shown up over the lockets (gone mostly forgotten thanks to other events), but when Eren finally makes another appearance, he seems a little exasperated. ]

I need a mechanic. [ Yeah, that's the greeting. ] Or—just anyone who can repair something for me. My maneuvering gear is busted, and I can't get it to work again on my own, so I'm looking for anyone who's willing to give it a shot.

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[gandere]

From what I've gathered, you're not the best when it comes to magic so I thought it would be better to use an example like that. [ Huffing up a bit. ]

What is this maneuvering gear? If I can see it, then I can improve it in some way. As long as I can convert energy into it in some fashion.

[andallbite]

... Okay, okay. I get it.

[ Magic is beyond him, really, so he takes it. ]

It's, err... a type of mechanism that's powered by gas a person wears—it mostly fuels the cables you control or how you propel yourself with the fan.

[gandere]

Gas?

Is that even easy to come by here? I hope you haven't been wasting it.

[andallbite]

I'm not wasting it. [ He may be kind of an idiot, but he knows how to use his gear!! ] I can refuel if I needed to, anyway. I just have to go out of my way to do it.

[gandere]

[ She's just making sure because there sure are a lot of idiots here that would waste a precious commodity like fuel. ]

There's a way?

Here? [ DOES EREN KNOW A THING SHE DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT?? It's his chance to be the smart one. ]

[andallbite]

[ Whoa. Time to grab onto this once in a lifetime opportunity. (He's actually surprised by this, too, given how know-it-all she's been so far.) ]

Y'know that station place? It's there.

[gandere]

No, I didn't pay much attention when we passed by it. [ She was too busy being a crybaby about her sleep. ]

There's fuel there? What else?

[andallbite]

[ Very Helpfully, he shrugs on his end. ]

I didn't stick around for too long; I was kinda in a hurry. But it looked like there was a lot around, and I plan on going back eventually.

[gandere]

[ He was so helpful there for a second. ]

In a hurry? You just wanted to collect fuel and get out of there? Why?

[andallbite]

[ So close, yet so far... ]

Pressed for time. I needed to get back to Caer Scima.

[gandere]

[ Just this face. ] What did you do?

[andallbite]

[ ?????? ]

I didn't do anything there! I told you, I was in a hurry—

[gandere]

It's just what you're saying doesn't make sense. You traveled to the Station only for fuel and was in a hurry to return to the castle after? Why?

There's nothing to do there.

[andallbite]

[ Good grief. ]

I had someone I needed to meet up with. Alright?

[gandere]

Someone you needed to douse in fuel so you could light them on fire? [ Snickering. ]

Or is it a girl?

[andallbite]

Why would it matter if it was a girl?

[ Yeah, that went over his head. ]

[gandere]

Because boys like you only hurry up when they're afraid of facing the wrath of a woman. [ That's why. ]

[andallbite]

[ He got pretty used to a tiny girl kicking his ass on a regular basis, but... ]

I've got better things to do than worry about what a girl is thinking...

[gandere]

Brave words. [ She really does think he's being brave about it, albeit a bit foolish. ]

I hope she wasn't too angry with you for keeping her waiting.

[andallbite]

What're you talking about? There weren't any girls waiting for me.

[gandere]

So it wasn't a girl. [ Now she sounds disappointed. ]

Here I thought I could get some good gossip out of you, but it seems you take things too seriously for your own good. Don't you know how to relax?

[andallbite]

[ There are a hundred better things to be doing than gossiping, Rin. Sheesh. ]

Yeah, I do. [ His clipped tone suggests otherwise, however. (He doesn't. Not really.) ] I haven't done anything else but hang around here for the past few days. [ So take that... ]